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Our rules have been updated and given their own forum. Go and look at them! They are nice, and there may be new ones that you didn't know about! Hooray for rules! Hooray for The System! Hooray for Conforming!

In a capitalist world's dark future, Mercenary is no longer just a soldier for hire. It's a way of life. Law is enforced by cyber-powered Mercs and life or death is decided by the lowest bidder. There is no right or wrong beyond the price in hard currency. Jessie Garrett, however, is everything most Mercs are not: honest, selfless and determined to bring order to greed-hardened worlds, driven mad by money. But when a corporate kidnapping goes wrong, Jessie, and fellow Mercs, Panzer and Tsumi, get in over their heads. Strip clubs, black-market organ dealers, cyber-enhanced soldiers and the life of one young girl collide in Contract's first 3-part mini-series, and no one can predict the cost.

And if you managed to snag a CONTRACT #0 Preview issue at Nycomicon please shoot us an email at fansalvo@gmail.com and tell us what you thought.

I was interested anyway (since way back when you posted the preview), but putting out a zero issue is smart. More creator-owned works need to a low-cost/no-cost way for people to get to know the material.

I was interested anyway (since way back when you posted the preview), but putting out a zero issue is smart. More creator-owned works need to a low-cost/no-cost way for people to get to know the material.

Indeed, that was my thinking as well. A $0.25 is a NO RISK trial for a reader and retailer. as One reviewer said "A Gum-ball in a Gum-ball machine is like $0.25."
On DCBS it was only $0.13 another reviewer response was "Hell a bag and board cost nearly as much, and I guarantee that the reading will be allot better on this book than on a bag and board."
I though that was funny and cool.

A First Salvo brings readers a look at a bleak capitalist future where soldiers-for-hire are the order of the day in Contract #1 (MAY08 3541F), the start of a three-issue limited series available for order now from Diamond!

From creators Garan Maderios and Charles Shell comes this new series that paints a picture of life in a world where being a mercenary isnâ€™t just a job but a way of life. In this future, laws are enforced by cyber-powered mercs, while life and death is decided by the lowest bidder. Jessie Garrett is a rarity among mercs: honest, selfless and determined to bring order to worlds driven mad by money. But when a corporate kidnapping goes wrong, Jessie and fellow Mercs Panzer and Tsumi get in over their heads as strip clubs, black-market organ dealers, cyber-enhanced soldiers and the life of one young girl collide.

Easily marketed to fans of science fiction tales packed with ideas and action, the 48-page, full-color Contract #1 is available for order now, so confirm your quantities today!

Actually if there are any reviewers and industry pros who would like to review CONTRACT please just let me know and I can get you the issues in PDF. Just send me a PM. So far the reviews I am getting have been positive.

Here is the cover to the second issue,

I don't have the newest previews here in Bermuda yet so I don't even know what page it is on.

In an effort to help promote CONTRACT I'm sending out a call to all the readers and retailers out there.
Here are some downloadable promo posters and an order form that can be printed and taken into your local comic shop.
If you know of retailers, or are a retailer, who is supporting CONTRACT please email me at fansalvo@gmail.com with name and address of the store so that I may personally thank them with a listing in the issues.

Hey mate no prob, everyone has their preference. Personally I prefer a brunettes and a darker complexion.

But you know, and Keith this is no reflexion on you so please don't take it as any sort of personal attack or insult, I don't understand why so many comic fans have a "I hate any sort of large breasted females in my comics." We are bombarded by sexual imagery on a constant daily basis, be it TV, magazines, commercials, heck even when a good looking women walks by on the street. But when we go into the comic shop we are expected to turn our nose and act like we are above all that.

Come on. I make no excuses as a male and my attractions to women. I have a wonderful wife, (who is busty by the way) but if I see a hot "thang" walk by I'm gonna look.

My heroine is chesty, but I wanted her to have the feel of the "hot farm-girl" I'm a fan of Adam Hughes (who isn' though eh?) Terry Dodson, Frank Cho and so forth and I wanted my heroine to reflect that.

I don't understand why so many comic fans have a "I hate any sort of large breasted females in my comics."

What? It's the complete opposite of that. You look at any cover with a female character on it and she's got triple-Ds going on. Yeah, some girls have large breasts and dress sexy, and that's okay if some characters are like that. But when every female character is a Playmate it's just ridiculous. Especially when the female star of four out of five indie books has giant breasts.

I don't understand why so many comic fans have a "I hate any sort of large breasted females in my comics."

What? It's the complete opposite of that. You look at any cover with a female character on it and she's got triple-Ds going on. Yeah, some girls have large breasts and dress sexy, and that's okay if some characters are like that. But when every female character is a Playmate it's just ridiculous. Especially when the female star of four out of five indie books has giant breasts.

Understandable, but there is a reason why there are not many comics with fat or skinny, or even just "plain janes" as their female lead.